Neues Deutschland (, lit. 'New Germany', abbr. nd) is a left-wing German daily newspaper, headquartered in Berlin.
For 43 years it was the official party newspaper of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), which governed East Germany (officially known as the German Democratic Republic), and as such served as one of the party's most important organs.[2] The Neues Deutschland that existed in East Germany had a circulation of 1.1 million as of 1989 and was the communist party's main way to show citizens its stances and opinions about politics, economics, etc. It was regarded by foreign countries as the communist regime's diplomatic voice.
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Neues Deutschland has lost 99% of its readership and has a circulation of 16,028, as of 2022. Between 2019 and 2020, the number of sold copies and subscriptions declined by 14.8%.[3] Since 1990, the newspaper has changed its political outlook and, now, has a democratic socialist political stance. The newspaper was, both politically and financially, tied to one of its former owners, The Left (Die Linke), which owned the publishing house and printing presses until the end of 2021. Since 2022, the newspaper is published by a cooperative of staff and subscribers and officially named nd.[4]